{"id":249402,"date":"2025-10-03T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=249402"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:19:35","slug":"insider-charean-williams-claims-dak-prescott-gonna-be-2024-joe-burrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/10\/03\/insider-charean-williams-claims-dak-prescott-gonna-be-2024-joe-burrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Charean Williams Claims, \u201cDak Prescott Gonna Be 2024 Joe Burrow\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> limp into Week 5 with a 1-2-1 record and the NFL\u2019s worst-ranked defense. They meet the winless <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Jets<\/a> (0-4, AFC East) on Oct. 5 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., a game set for 1:00 p.m. on FOX.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is mounting on team owner Jerry Jones, who has not ruled out making in-season moves if the Cowboys remain competitive in the next few weeks. Dallas has allowed 297 passing yards per game &#8211; last in the league by a wide margin &#8211; and sits 32nd in third-down defense, according to Cowboys StoryLine.<\/p>\n<h2>Dak Prescott\u2019s MVP Efforts Have Been Overshadowed<\/h2>\n<p>Quarterback Dak Prescott has been playing at what analysts call an MVP level, leading the league with 43 pass attempts per game. NBC Sports writer Charean Williams appeared on &#8220;NFL on NBC&#8221; on Wednesday and said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDak Prescott gonna be 2024 Joe Burrow,\u201d Williams said. \u201cHe&#8217;s gonna win Comeback Player of the Year. He&#8217;s putting up Great numbers. Nobody&#8217;s noticing because the Cowboys haven&#8217;t played very well defensively. That 32nd all across the board, 31st in scoring, 32nd yards, 32nd passing yards, 32nd third down defense. They&#8217;re just terrible on defense, and they&#8217;re so bad on defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is noticing what Dak Prescott is doing,\u201d she added. \u201cHe&#8217;s playing at an MVP level like Joe Burrow was last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Cowboys could make move ahead of trade deadline on defense | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKZHF2WhT1s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yet his efforts have been overshadowed by a defense stuck in zone coverage nearly 90% of the time, a scheme that has hindered cornerback Trevon Diggs. Diggs, already dealing with a knee issue and recent disciplinary tension, has looked far more comfortable in man-to-man assignments.<\/p>\n<h2>Injuries Have Deepened the Cowboys\u2019 Struggles<\/h2>\n<p>Offensive linemen T. Booker, T. Guyton, and T. Smith missed practice this week. Offensive coordinator Klayton Adams struck a firm tone when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R-K2ZIcI5Xs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody better be ready to play because if you get a jersey on game day there\u2019s a chance you\u2019re going in. You bet you\u2019re expected to play well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prescott emphasized a quick start against the Jets and praised tight end Jake Ferguson, saying after Thursday\u2019s practice:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen play calls are named after him, you know \u2026 we\u2019re on the same page and we\u2019re always communicating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dak Prescott: Whatever They Need Me to Do | Dallas Cowboys 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mR_x5iN-irw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/07\/25\/george-pickens-compares-himself-and-ceedee-lamb-to-45b-legendary-gaming-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">George Pickens<\/a> has added firepower, showing \u201che is one of the best receivers in football.\u201d But his rise raises future cap concerns, with analysts predicting the Cowboys may not be able to keep both him and CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 injury report listed D. Bland (DB) as a full participant, while Booker (OL), C. Carson (DB), Diggs (DB), Guyton (OL), M. Hooker (DB), M. Kneeland (DL), and Lamb (WR) did not participate.<\/p>\n<p>For the Jets, J. Brownlee (DB) and J. Simpson (OL) were full participants, while B. Allen (RB), M. Carter (DB), J. Johnson (LB), K. Nwangwu (RB), and M. Taylor (TE) were sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>Dak Prescott\u2019s team last beat the Jets 30-10 in Week 2 of the 2023 season. To repeat that success, Dallas must corral Jets playmaker Garrett Wilson and prove its defense can withstand a mobile quarterback. The outcome on Thursday will determine whether Jones makes a decisive move before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insider Charean Williams declares that Dak Prescott is performing at an MVP level, predicting he will become the &#8220;2024 Joe Burrow&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5624,"featured_media":240479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6431,19],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-249402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-teams","category-cowboys","tag-dak-prescott"],"modified_by":"Drew Crabtree","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249402"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249458,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249402\/revisions\/249458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}